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US welcomed 90 new citizens on Citizenship Day

More than 90 people became US citizens Thursday at a citizenship ceremony in Orange County.

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Updated: 12:53 PM EST Nov 21, 2013

US welcomed 90 new citizens on Citizenship Day

More than 90 people became US citizens Thursday at a citizenship ceremony in Orange County.

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Updated: 12:53 PM EST Nov 21, 2013

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WEBVTT AUTHORITIES SAY NOT DOING VERY WELL. THERE ARE DOZENS OF NEW U.S. CITIZENS. A SPECIAL EVENT AT THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMGRATION SERVICES OFFICE IN ORLANDO HONORED NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH. WHETHER ADOPTED INTO AN AMERICAN FAMILY OR SIMPLY ADOPTING THE UNITED STATES AS HOME. ALMOST 100 PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TOOK THE ON OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AT THIS SPECIAL NATIONAL ADOPTION CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY AND OFFICIALLY BECAME AMERICANS. 97 PEOPLE TOOK THE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP HERE TODAY. 17 OF THEM WERE ADOPTED. ONE OF THE YOUNGEST IS THE FIVE-YEAR-OLDS MOTHER WHO SAYS TODAY'S CEREMONY IN ORLANDO'S OFFICE BROUGHT CLOSURE. WE HAVE A BILOGICAL SON AND WE WANTED A DAUGHTER SO WE DECIDED THAT INTERNATIONAL ABOMBS WAS THE WAY TO GO. I'M PROUD. WHY? BECAUSE I LOVE MY MOMMY AND MY DADDY. Reporter: BOTH WERE ADOPTED FROM KOREA. WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK WE GET A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE OFFICIALLY BEING A CITIZEN AND HELPING OUT AND DOING FUN THINGS FOR THE COUNTRY AND LEARNING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN THEY URGE THE CITIZENS TO REMEMBER WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND WHAT OR WHO BROUGHT

US welcomed 90 new citizens on Citizenship Day

More than 90 people became US citizens Thursday at a citizenship ceremony in Orange County.